Shop Update: 'hello, Friend' Cards

shop sale

get 20% off your order in my etsy shop until fri 20 january with coupon code HELLO2012. there's prints, cards, notebooks, zines & more - i'll be adding to this over the next few months, but for now you can get a nifty deal on current stock.

pocket-sized palm reading. i made an edition of little lino prints for the wonder that is crawl inclusive (the second coming), taking place in dundee this friday. they'll be distributed by the lovely ones of pitch & strike because they are nice like that. so, y'know, if you want one, maybe show up? that said, you might not be able to come, so there's another way you can bag yourself a tiny fortune. i'm going to include one with the next five orders* (over £6.50/$10 inc. shipping) from my shop. yes? yes. *EDIT: all gone! thanks guys.

spring

this blog is starting to feel a bit like a new sketchbook - the first few posts (pages) are a little intimidating. i decided to make something that not only takes up a little space, but can go beyond this post. inspired by springtime & spotting rabbits from the various train journeys i took at the weekend, here's a tiled background you can use. choose small, medium or large depending on your preferred rabbit-size.

(for personal use only, please. remember to download rather than hotlink.)

perpetual bicycle

my best friend asked if i'd create a cycling certificate for her. i came up with this perpetual bike design, which i then made it into a tiled pattern. you can use it, if you'd like. (for personal use only, please. remember to download rather than hotlink.)

moving

my boyfriend & i like the little city we live in. we have a cosy flat, live close to lots of friends & know of cafés, local shops & creative events that make you feel part of a community. however, lately we've been yearning for a small adventure of sorts, a change of scenery. despite all the great things that make this little city worth staying in, we've decided to pack up & move.

perhaps a little dramatic seeing as we're only heading a couple of hours west, but come mid-september we're waving goodbye to dundee & heading over to glasgow. whilst i'll still be working my day-job here for the foreseeable future, alan has a new job which gives us the opportunity to shake things up a bit. a new flat, a new place to explore & new people to meet. unlike alan, i've not done much moving about, so i'm excited about cleaning out what we don't need, putting things in boxes & having a blank canvas to make our own.

west coast tips appreciated!

umbrella objective

a couple of months ago i was invited to draw on an umbrella for umbrella objective, which was part of gibson street gala's art fusion in the west end of glasgow. although i missed the final parade, you can see some images that photographer erika stevenson took on the day.

we went walking around some forests looking for birds & waterfalls today. clambered around pathways, listened to rushing rivers, saw nesting peregrine falcons. it finally feels like spring. this image is from 2009, but it rings true once a year.

shop update: activity zine

stave off rainy day boredom! pick up your pencils & battle dark winter evenings! fight long train journeys & arrive at your destination feeling glorious & victorious! well, hopefully & perhaps. the newest addition to my shop is a twenty page activity zine. complete drawings, dream up patterns & add your flair to some silly little illustrations of mine. have some fun along the way too. pick one up from today.

hello bedroom

lately this blog has mostly been about drawing & galavanting around (both good things!), so here's a post about something different; home.

as previously mentioned, we've had a bit of an unplanned but much needed spring clean recently. as a result, our dwellings are clutter-free in a way they've never been before. lots of things were thrown out or donated to charity shops, our total number of art school portfolios lying around went from five to one (finally! so much recycling!) & we bought some new furniture. our bedroom is pretty much "finished" (apart from the fact that the contents of our wardrobe/drawers are currently piled up on the dining room table), so i thought i'd capture it during yesterday's fine spring afternoon.

i've long been meaning to adhere to the william morris quote 'have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful' &, for once, i feel like we're kind of there.

how sweet it is to be loved by you.